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TMA Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine(1)

In September 2012, the first TMA award program was launched to recognize physicians for exemplary achievement in academic medicine. Developed by the TMA Subcommittee for Academic Physicians and approved by the Council on Medical Education, the TMA Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine has four recognition levels ranging from Bronze, up to Platinum to honor these academic physicians for achievements in teaching, role-modeling, mentoring, professional development, and service. Eligibility requirements increase for each level.

Not sure which level of recognition is a good fit for you? The Bronze, Silver, and Gold Levels are all self-nominating and noncompetitive. New this year is also the opportunity to nominate a physician for recognition. See a quick view of criteria. The sole Platinum Award winner is selected each year from the Gold Level recipients by a selection committee comprised of TMA member physicians. There is a $5,000 cash award for the Platinum Award winner each year, generously provided by the TMA Foundation. Gold Level recipients remain eligible for the annual Platinum Award for three years, with no need to reapply during that time period. There is no cash award for and no limit on the number of Bronze, Silver, and Gold Level recipients. All recipients receive a printed certificate and are recognized by the TMA Council on Medical Education and Subcommittee for Academic Physicians at TexMed each year. In addition, winners are recognized in TMA's award-winning news magazine, Texas Medicine; in the monthly e-newsletter It’s Academic; and in the Handbook for Delegates for the TMA House of Delegates annual meeting. We hope that this award will be valuable to faculty in qualifying for promotions or new positions, as well as other types of professional, job-related recognition.

Articles published in newsletters, non-peer reviewed magazines, and the like are not considered scholarly activity, for the purposes of this program.

The reference to “profession of medicine” in the “Years of Service” section of the criteria includes physicians who are active in clinical practice as well as those who are engaged in the profession who do not have a clinical practice, such as health science center leadership in administrative positions, physicians who teach basic sciences, those who specialize in public health (county health directors), those in administrative medicine, research directors, and/or bench scientists.

The reference to “organized medicine” in the criteria refers to the Federation of Medicine, including the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, county medical societies, national and state medical specialty societies, and academic medical societies.

Some criteria are time-specific while others are open-ended, as identified in the application forms.